Tag: Bill Ward

Original Black Sabbath skinner, Bill Ward, is looking back on the earliest days of the game-changing rock legends. Speaking with Metal...

Geezer Butler has confirmed plans to release his own autobiography. Butler co-founded Black Sabbath alongside, Ozzy Osborune, Bill Ward and Tony Iommi....

In 2017, Black Sabbath performed the two final gigs of their touring career in Birmingham. Their retirement stint was not particularly memorable...

Black Sabbath Vol. 4 is the fourth album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in September 1972. In June...

Tune into RadioNova tonight from 11pm when we'll be playing Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's 'Against The Wind' album...

Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Largely recorded in California during 1976, it was produced...

Happy Hump Day! It’s mad that we’re already mid-week. Loving this four day week! Fancy heading out tonight but don’t know...

Black Sabbath fans rejoice! There has been reports that a Sabbath documentary is in the works! The Birmingham crew took to the stage for the last time in February with their The End tour (which sounds pretty definite). They then officially shot down rumours of any future tours when they took to their official twitter page to confirm their split, and with the hashtag “#The End” extinguishing fans hopes of a reunion. They posted an image with the words “Black Sabbath: 1968-2017”– along with a classic photo of Sabbath in their ’70s prime. Before the post Guitarist Tony Iommi had gotten the rumour mill rolling when he made comments hinting that future appearances might not be out of the question.

Black Sabbath have officially shot down rumours of any future tours. The band took to their official twitter page to confirm their split, and with the hashtag “#The End” extinguished fans hopes of a reunion. They posted an image with the words “Black Sabbath: 1968-2017”– along with a classic photo of Sabbath in their ’70s prime. Nearly five decades since the band set upon their journey, it’s all over.

On this day in 1969, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Bluesville 69 Club at the Hornsey Wood Tavern, Finsbury Park, London, England. The tiny venue was a function room at the back of the pub, and was so small that the stage was only just big enough for John Bonham’s drums. The rest of the group had to stand on the floor at the same level as the crowd. It was in stark contract to the massive arena concerts the band would go on to play. Page suggested that they attempt “Train Kept A-Rollin”, originally a jump blues song popularised in a rockabilly version by Johnny Burnette, which had been covered by the Yardbirds.